​Sep. 13—For a moment, think back to last weekend, when Washington State was coming off a loss to rival Washington in the Apple Cup.The vibes around the Cougars were hardly perfect, but broadly speaking, they were encouraging. Their defense had excelled, and while their offense took nearly three quarters to get going, that unit generated enough scoring to make things interesting in the fourth quarter. Heck, WSU drew within one score of the country’s No. 17 team twice in the fourth frame.How things can change in less than a week.Now, fresh off a 34-7 road loss to Kansas State, Washington State has some real questions to answer. What does the now-unranked Huskies’ latest result, a narrow win over a Utah State team that previously lost to FCS Idaho State, say about the Cougars’ defense? What about their offense, which has now totaled one touchdown and just 408 yards of offense in two games, the fewest in the country?Heading into the team’s next game, a home matchup with FCS squad Duquesne, perhaps the biggest questions hovering over the Cougs center around their brass. Should head coach Kirby Moore take over offensive playcalling duties from offensive coordinator Matt Miller, who has been far too slow to make adjustments in these first two games? What more can WSU get out of quarterback Caden Pinnick, who followed a 65-yard passing outing with a remarkably short news conference?In the Cougars’ first 0-2 start since 2016, their offense has earned all the headlines, and not in the right ways. By now, you’ve probably read some of the superlatives: By passing for just 65 yards in Saturday’s game, Pinnick became the first Cougar QB to pass for fewer than 100 yards in a game since Jeff Tuel did it in 2010. That season was also the last time a WSU offense went scoreless in a game.A day later, though, a few other details about the Cougars’ offensive struggles are beginning to surface. Some of their biggest issues on Saturday belonged to their offensive line. Left tackle Ashton Tripp gave up one sack on four pressures, good for a Pro Football Focus pass-blocking grade of just 1.9, which is just about as low as it gets. In week 2 in college football, that number ranked four spots up from dead last among offensive linemen who logged 20-plus pass-blocking snaps.For WSU, that’s two straight weeks with an offensive linemen finishing near the bottom in the country in that department. After the Apple Cup, it was left guard Kyle Martin, who earned a figure of 8.7. That was six spots removed from last.That is one trend to watch moving forward. To start the second half of Saturday’s game, WSU coaches benched Martin. They moved right tackle Jonny Lester, who has spent most of his career at guard, to left guard. Then they made their right tackle Jaylin Caldwell, who finished with a pass-blocking grade of 11.9. Martin returned later in the game, moving Lester to the bench, but Martin has now logged two straight forgettable games. Against K-State, he posted a run-blockin